Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§75 Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL › § 75
Summary
Claims to the same coal land after March 3, 1873 go to whoever first possessed and improved it, then filed and remained in good faith; improvements before that date may be allocated by legal subdivisions; the BLM Director may make rules to carry out sections 71–74.
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Title 30, §75
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In case of conflicting claims upon coal lands where the improvements shall be commenced, after the third day of March, 1873, priority of possession and improvement, followed by proper filing and continued good faith, shall determine the preference right to purchase. And also where improvements have already been made prior to the third day of March, 1873, division of the land claimed may be made by legal subdivisions, to include, as near as may be, the valuable improvements of the respective parties. The Director of the Bureau of Land Management is authorized to issue all needful rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this section and sections 71 to 74 of this title.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2351 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 5, 17 Stat. 608. Transfer of Functi
Executive Documents
ons“Director of the Bureau of Land Management” substituted in text for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See also note set out under section 1 of this title. Indian Lands ExceptedSee note set out under section 71 of this title.
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30 U.S.C. § 75
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73